New to DVD Highlights
This is where you will find many interesting DVDs and Blu-rays new to the library. Some titles will have graced Alice's shelves in a previous life on VHS Video, some are already on DVD but have now made their way to Blu-ray, while others have eluded capture in any format - until now. However, to be privy to the bigger picture, you will need to also check out 'Featured Acquisitions', 'Latest Alice Picks', 'Recent Arrivals',and 'New Releases'.
Cinema Paradiso ( Blu-ray ) (1988)
8.5/10
Director: Giuseppe Tornatore
Starring: Jacques Perrin, Leopoldo Trieste, Philippe Noiret, Salvatore Cascio
A charming, bittersweet tribute to the power of movies which won 1989's Best Foreign Film Academy Award. A filmmaker returns to his Sicilian hometown... Read more
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home ( Blu-ray ) (1986)
7.3/10
Director: Leonard Nimoy
Starring: Catherine Hicks, DeForest Kelley, George Takei, James Doohan, Leonard Nimoy, Wil...
The crew of the Enterprise time-travel back to 1986 from the 23rd century in order to save Earth from a mysterious alien, and discover a world of punk... Read more
The Color Purple ( Blu-ray ) (1985)
7.8/10
Director: Steven Spielberg
Starring: Adolph Caesar, Danny Glover, Oprah Winfrey, Rae Dawn Chong, Whoopi Goldberg, Mar...
Steven Spielberg's magnum opus, with Whoopi Goldberg and Danny Glover in an adaptation of Alice Walker's seminal book. A richly-textured, decades-span... Read more
Draw! (1984)
6.3/10
Director: Steven Hilliard Stern
Starring: James Coburn, Kirk Douglas, Len Birman
Kirk Douglas is an old-time outlaw who finds himself trapped in a small Western town after a poker game ends in a gunfight and James Coburn is his old... Read more
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock ( Blu-ray ) (1984)
6.7/10
Director: Leonard Nimoy
Starring: Christopher Lloyd, DeForest Kelley, George Takei, James Doohan, Leonard Nimoy, W...
Following on from "Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan", Kirk, McCoy and crew return to the Genesis Planet to learn the truth of Spock's fate, but a ruthl... Read more
La Traviata (1982)
6.9/10
Director: Franco Zeffirelli
Starring: Teresa Stratas, Placido Domingo
"(Teresa) Stratas not only sings magnificently but also looks the role ... She is a screen presence as riveting to watch as to listen to ... Having ca... Read more
48 Hrs ( Blu-ray ) (1982)
6.9/10
Director: Walter Hill
Starring: Annette O'Toole, Eddie Murphy, Frank McRae, James Remar, Nick Nolte
Street-weary cop Nick Nolte springs smart-aleck convict Eddie Murphy for two days in order to capture a mad dog killer. James Remar is the dangerous q... Read more
Tootsie ( Blu-ray ) (1982)
7.4/10
Director: Sydney Pollack
Starring: Bill Murray, Charles Durning, Dabney Coleman, Dustin Hoffman, Geena Davis, Jessi...
Dustin Hoffman plays an unemployed actor who dons women's clothing and becomes a great success in a popular tv soap opera. He also falls in love with... Read more
Fort Apache, The Bronx (1981)
6.7/10
Director: Daniel Petrie
Starring: Danny Aiello, Kathleen Beller, Ken Wahl, Pam Grier, Paul Newman, Rachel Ticotin,...
In a bombed-out wasteland stands a police station - less a precinct house than a fort in hostile territory. Outside its walls are the murders, the rio... Read more
Thief (1981)
7.4/10
Director: Michael Mann
Starring: James Caan, Tuesday Weld, Robert Prosky, Willie Nelson, James Belushi
Aka "Violent Streets". James Caan stars in this superb study of a jewel thief who desperately tries to create the life he visualised while in prison -... Read more